Read country's top journalist (7)
I believe the answer is:
perused
'read' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'country's top journalist' is the wordplay.
'country's' becomes 'Peru's' (Peru is an example).
'top journalist' becomes 'ed' (short for editor).
'perus'+'ed'='PERUSED'
(Other definitions for perused that I've seen before include "Studied" , "Scanned" , "Browsed" , "Read (something) very carefully" .)